[cuban leaf]

Modern country music has become so formulaic...

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All genres have become formulaic, at least as far as the “successful” music is concerned. The people doing really great stuff (that don’t already have a name) are not getting recognition for the same reason that some of the really GOOD movies often don’t turn much profit. They don’t wow you at first glance. Video killed the radio star and the iPod kinda killed quality RECORDED music.

Popular Recorded music has become an ephemeral commodity. There is some good stuff out there, kinda like there is a good plant there in your garden hidden in a mound of weeds. But to find it, the search has to be worth it to you. For most, it no longer is. Their iPod is full and the music is “good enough” for what they use it for.

I say this as a person that, on the rare occasion I sit down to listen to music, only listens on vinyl.

[dfwgator]

It used to be music was something people had in common. Everyone listened to the Beatles, or Led Zeppelin in the 70s, there just weren’t many alternatives. Then came: Punk, New Wave, Prog, Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Industrial, etc., and now it’s so segmented.